Many people have experienced the Inner Self at some point in their lives. If you haven't-if what I'm talking about here sounds to you like it came from Neptune- let's try a short exercise and maybe you can get a glimpse of Ramana's inner world yourself.
< Sit up comfortably with your head, neck, and spine straight.
< Close your eyes and relax deeply
< Breathe naturally. Your breathe should be even, slow, and continuous. No jerky or shallow breathing!
< Don't feel dumb. This is just an experiment.
< Bring your full awareness to the point between your eyebrows. Then shift your awareness about three inches behind this point, inside your brain.
< If any visual images or mental chatter appear, ignore them.
< Rest your attention in the silent darkness in your mind.
< Ask yourself, " Who is aware of the silent darkness?" Focus attentively. Be fully aware of your own awareness.
< Open your eyes and relax.
Did you experience an intense inner lucidity? A sort of primordial awareness that wasn't thinking or doing anything just kind of watching?
If you connected, even for a second, with your Atman, you would have felt vividly alive, intensely focused, and very clear-headed. In the Hindu tradition, it's believed dramatic healing, and become much more creative and successful and much less fearful.
Great saints live in this state ( and even higher ones I'll describe later). They gain from it the ability to help others with tangible blessing power, as Ramana Maharshi did.
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